milk chocolate

noun

|Updated on: 6 Jul 2018

Definition of milk chocolate

: chocolate made with milk solids — compare dark chocolate, white chocolate

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Recent Examples of milk chocolate from the Web

Among other fancy chocolates, don’t miss the gourmet PB&J. Almond-pecan-peanut butter and raspberry-loganberry-boysenberry-cherry jelly are hidden inside a milk chocolate shell.

— liz biro, Indianapolis Star, "Every restaurant you'll try at IndyStar Wine & Food Experience," 25 June 2018
The Goo Goo Cluster Latte is a delightful blend of rich espresso and steamed milk combined with caramel, milk chocolate, peanut and nougat flavors.

— perri ormont blumberg, Southern Living, "Cracker Barrel's New Drink Is a Southerner's Dream Come True," 16 May 2018
Yet without it cookies lose their zing, milk chocolate its fragrance, crème brûlée its flare and Calvin Klein’s Obsession its sweet, earthy base.

— aryn baker/sahabevava, Time, "Vanilla Is Nearly as Expensive as Silver. That Spells Trouble for Madagascar," 13 June 2018
But the piece de resistance was their towering vanilla and sour cream wedding cake with peach apricot preserves and Earl Grey-milk chocolate buttercream.

— elise taylor, Vogue, "Chrissy Teigen’s Carrot Cake, and More Unusual Celebrity Wedding Confections," 18 Apr. 2018
Most chocolate shops use milk chocolate and dark chocolate.

— grant segall, cleveland.com, "The Montagues peddle Easter bunnies and eggs at Lilly Handmade Chocolates: My Cleveland (photos)," 29 Mar. 2018
Although the recipes are the same, the Long Grove Confectionery Co. sold its Chocolate Fest exclusive Johnny Pop — an apple cider doughnut covered in milk chocolate that’s served on a stick — out of its new location on Confectionery Lane.

— lindsey salvatelli, Lake County News-Sun, "Chocolate the focus of Long Grove festival," 20 May 2018
Last month the bars included one with peanut cake, peanut butter nougat, milk chocolate mousse and salted caramel mousse that might remind you of Snickers.

— carol deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Savoring the sweets life at Batches bakery in Milwaukee's Third Ward," 8 May 2018
The milk chocolate mousse is almost too pretty to eat.

— shelbie lynn bostedt, RedEye Chicago, "Treat your sweet tooth with these extravagant desserts," 17 Nov. 2017

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